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Tight security as Sri Lanka court hears crucial case

Sri Lanka Police Special Task Force (STF) soldiers stand guard near the Sri Lankan Supreme Court in Colombo on November 13, 2018 (Photo: LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Keerthi Mohan

Elite police commandos were on guard outside Sri Lanka’s supreme court on Tuesday (13) as judges deliberated whether a shock call for early elections was constitutional, more than two weeks into the island nation’s political crisis. President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday (9) dissolved parliament and called snap elections for January 5, two weeks after firing the prime minister. The moves sparked international alarm and supporters of the sacked premier, as well as a member of the election commission on Monday (12), filed legal challenges. “We have several units of the STF (Special Task Force) reinforcing hundreds of constables,” a senior police official…

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